Can you use the Salt Mill to grind pepper? Is there something different or special about the salt mill that makes it best for use just with salt?
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It has steel blades that stay sharp I use it both salt and pepper. You can adjust from fine to coarse grinding.
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They are different. Pepper Mill has steel blades, Salt mill has ceramic blades. You can't use salt in the pepper mill because of corrosion, using the salt mill to grind pepper may be hazardous in time.
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I'd say that this could be used for salt (or pretty much any other spice). In case you consider it a better option (to complete the set), Olde Thompson has a matching salt grinder, I searched for "Olde Thompson Bavaria Salt Mill" and it's the first search result (3823-00 5 1/2" Bavaria Salt Mill). I have both of them and they have worked quite well so far.
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Just a pepper mill. I thought they both were too... bought it to use with sea salt. Oh well...
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Hello Gaby,The listing is for one mill and it will work with salt, pepper or any similar whole spice. It appears Amazon has been shipping some people two mills for the price of one by mistake. Best Regards,Eparé Team
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Well, I haven't tried anything else but spices with properties similar to that of pepper could be ground, I would imagine.Since I use pepper quite often and anyways, emptying and refilling the mill every now and then with a different spice would end up being more time consuming than using a mortar & pestle.
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I do not think a grinder will work with regular pepper. Too much would come out when you spun the top, or it would leak out.
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I use the coarse salt in my grinder with no problems. I also use it unground sometimes, like on a slow-roasted pork shoulder wrapped in banana leaves (kaluah pig).
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I have only used it for salt and pepper, but can't see why you can't used other spices. The grinding heads are ceramic and adjustable to grind size. I don't know how much it holds, at a guess around 3 to 4 tablespoons.
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I only have the pepper grinder, but it has the best grind adjustment capability of any grinder I have seen. I would have to believe the salt grinder would be equally adjustable.
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I would probably do that. I filled mine with salt from Vietnam, not oven-dried, and it was too soft for this grinder and kept getting stuck. I eventually mixed with sea salt before figuring out you need to oven dry.
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I don't have this product, but generally speaking salt grinders use a nylon grinding mechanism, since salt is corrosive to steel. Pepper and spice grinders usually have a stainless steel grinding mechanism.
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Salt does not grind out, just pours out; however, the salt holes are small so sea salt just barely comes out. I plan to drill out the salt holes a bit for sea salt.Regards,Rod
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If you look at my short vidxeo you will see that it does not give a powder fine grind of pepper. Although you can grind salt (ceramikc mechanism) it is a much harder spice than pepperm The grind will be even coarser.
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Yes you can. I use a Pampered Chef salt and pepper grinder and have no problems at all.
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I use this grinder for sea salt. It works just great. My husband and I use it all the time when we put salt on things.
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I use it for pepper only and didn't try to grind other stuff, but I presume it's possible.
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The salt mill does, I assume because salt is corrosive, but not the pepper mill does not. It is all metal. I've been quite happy with both the salt and the pepper mill.